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John Lyon (boxer)
John Patrick Lyon MBE (born 9 March 1962) is a retired boxer from Great Britain. Boxing career A member of the Greenall St. Helens Amateur Boxing Club he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a silver medal in the light flyweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Four years later he represented England again and won a gold medal in the men's flyweight division (– 48 kg), at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He appeared at a third consecutive games in 1990. Lyon won eight English ABA titles, four flyweight and four light-flyweight and a bronze medal in the 1991 Acropolis Cup, retiring immediately afterwards. He was awarded an MBE for services to amateur boxing. 1988 Olympic results Below is the record of John Lyon, a British flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: * Round of 64: lost to Ramazan Gul (Turkey) by decision, 1-4 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Breitbarth
Rene Breitbarth (born 24 April 1966 in Mühlhausen) is a former boxing, boxer from East Germany who won a Olympic medalists in boxing, Light Flyweight gold medal at the 1985 European Amateur Boxing Championships, 1985 European Amateur Championships. In 1986, he won the bantamweight silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, Nevada, Reno. At the Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight, 1988 Summer Olympics, he was defeated by Jorge Eliécer Julio of Colombia in the round of 16 of the bantamweight category. Referencessports-reference 1966 births Living people People from Mühlhausen Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for East Germany Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics German male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver Sportspeople from Thuringia {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flyweight Boxers
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of boxing's eight traditional weight classes to be established. Before 1909, anyone below featherweight was considered a bantamweight, regardless of how small the boxer. In 1911, the organization that eventually became the British Boxing Board of Control held a match that crowned Sid Smith as the first flyweight champion of the world. Jimmy Wilde, who reigned from 1916 to 1923, was the first fighter recognized both in Britain and the United States as a flyweight champion. Other notable flyweights include Victor Perez, Pancho Villa, Walter McGowan, Pascual Pérez, Pone Kingpetch, Fighting Harada, Masao Ohba, Chartchai Chionoi, Efren Torres, Erbito Salavarria, Miguel Canto, Dave McAuley, Charlie Magri, Gabriel Bernal, Santos Laciar, Sot Chital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Boxers
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Living People
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1962 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Farrag
Ryan Farrag (born 6 February 1988) is an English professional boxer. He held the European bantamweight title from 2015 to 2016 and challenged once for the British bantamweight title in 2016. Professional career On 30 October 2015 Farrag defeated Stephane Jamoye by ninth-round knockout A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, a ... (KO) to win the vacant European bantamweight title. Professional boxing record References 1988 births Living people English male boxers Bantamweight boxers European Boxing Union champions Prizefighter contestants {{England-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Lyon
Craig Lyon (born is 3 February 1982 in St Helens) is an English bantamweight boxer. Amateur career Lyon, the son of former top amateur John, won the 2001 and 2003 Amateur Boxing Association British light-flyweight title, when boxing out of the Wigan ABC. Professional career After turning pro in 2008, Lyon has had 14 fights and won the English bantamweight title by stopping Ross Burkinshaw in five rounds in Bolton in October 2010. He suffered his first defeat when losing to Ryan Farrag Ryan Farrag (born 6 February 1988) is an English professional boxer. He held the European bantamweight title from 2015 to 2016 and challenged once for the British bantamweight title in 2016. Professional career On 30 October 2015 Farrag defeat ... in the quarter finals of the super-flyweight Prizefighter tournament in October 2011. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyon, Craig 1982 births Living people English male boxers Bantamweight boxers Sportspeople from St Helens, Merseyside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acropolis Cup (boxing)
The Acropolis International Basketball Tournament (also known as the Acropolis of Athens Basketball Tournament and the Acropolis Basketball Cup) ( Greek: Τουρνουά Ακρόπολις) is an international basketball competition that is played between national teams, which has been held almost every year since 1986, and takes place in Athens, Greece, during the summer. It takes place before the big official FIBA tournaments like the EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympic Games. The tournament is named after the Athenian Acropolis. The competition is played under FIBA rules. The tournament is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. Venues History The tournament's host team, the senior men's Greek National Basketball Team, has won the tournament 18 times so far, last one 2022. In 1991, the Hellenic Basketball Federation and FIBA Europe, joined together to hold the special edition 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee tournament, commemorating the 100th a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Boxing National Amateur Championships
The England Boxing National Amateur Championships previously known as the ABA Championships is the premier boxing tournament hosted annually by England Boxing. The Championships are 'open' class: any Boxing, boxer who is registered with a club registered with England Boxing (aged over 17 years by the 1 October) can enter. History The inaugural Championships were held (over one day) on 18 April 1880 at St James Hall, London at four weight categories: Featherweight (57 kg), Lightweight (60 kg), Middleweight (75 kg), and Heavyweight (91 kg). 1884 saw the introduction of a fifth weight category (Bantamweight, 54 kg). In 1920 three additional weight categories were introduced taking it to 8 weight categories in all. These extra weights were: Flyweight (51 kg), Welterweight (69 kg), and Light heavyweight (81 kg). In 1920, the London ABA was split into four Divisions to accommodate the number of boxers entering the ABA Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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